Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Someone Else’s Project – Midcentury Side Table The same day I found the oak bookcase at a flea market, I also found this cute midcentury side table. I believe it’s from the late 50’s / early 60’s. A nice solid … Continue Reading →
Hand Painted Child’s Table and Chairs Welcome back friends, today I have a set of 2 kids chairs, of course a thrift store find, that I’m going to make into a table and chairs set for the kids. These chairs, … Continue Reading →
Flea Market Find, Old Oak Bookshelf My sis and I went to a flea market just over a week ago and what do we spy? This adorable late 1800’s / early 1900’s oak bookshelf. Sure it was a little dirty. … Continue Reading →
Antique Washstand, Easy Furniture Repairs Today, I have for you, this super cute, antique oak washstand. Before indoor plumbing, washstands would hold a ceramic pitcher and bowl and be used for brushing your teeth, and washing your hands and face. … Continue Reading →
Folk Art Painted Trunk or Coffee Table When you clean out your house ( see last week) you’re reminded of all the projects you’ve been meaning to get around to but just haven’t found the time or the motivation for. … Continue Reading →
Curbside Rescue / DIY Game Table Last week I shared with you this DIY chess set created from scrap wood and an old door. Well I’m not quite finished with him yet. I’m pairing the chess set with this cute … Continue Reading →
Three Quick and Easy Furniture Fixes Little Red Desk One of my assignments last year while shopping for the farmhouse in Luray , Virginia, was to find a smallish desk that could be placed in the center of a … Continue Reading →
Kitchen Island from a Dresser Welcome back friends, today I’m sharing with you a kitchen island made from a dresser. This is my victim, he is about to get his extreme makeover. It was only about a year ago that … Continue Reading →
Dump Find Bookcase Makeover with Reclaimed Wood Last week I found a fantastic bookshelf just laying discarded next to a dumpster. I wasn’t looking for a bookcase, I wasn’t even dumpster diving. I was just grocery shopping, and it was … Continue Reading →
Free Facebook Marketplace Dresser Makeover Over the past several months I’ve had a great time filling this house in Luray Virginia. It’s my son’s house that he purchased to use as an Airbnb. My job was to find lamps, side … Continue Reading →
Garage Find Bookcase Makeover Today I have a fairly easy bookcase makeover for you. I’m starting out with this very dirty, very basic, solid wooden bookshelf scavenged from my son’s garage. Having spent many years in a greasy garage, he … Continue Reading →
Buffet Makeover with Chalk Paint Welcome back friends, today we’re working on an old buffet makeover for my son’s farmhouse vacation rental in Luray, Virginia. I found this buffet on Facebook Marketplace. It’s in great shape but just needed a … Continue Reading →
Repurpose Bar Stools into End Tables I’ve noticed more and more of these saddle stools hitting the thrift stores lately, and when I was requested to find or make a pair of smallish end tables I immediately had these stools … Continue Reading →
2 Twin Bed Headboard Makeovers I rescued this pair of twin headboards from a local salvage yard’s free pile. Judging by the price tag, they had it on their sales floor at one time and when it didn’t sell, out … Continue Reading →
Reviving a Pair of Mid Century Modern Side Tables A couple of months ago my oldest son and his wife bought a fixer upper farmhouse that they intend to rent out. I told them to hold off on buying any … Continue Reading →
Plaid Stencil Vintage Typing Desk Welcome back friends. Today I have a cute little typing desk that is all ready for his makeover. He was probably used about mid-century, long before the day of computers and word processing machines, faxes … Continue Reading →
DIY Nightstands from an old Desk Welcome back friends. What you see here is my latest Goodwill find. A cute little desk that I totally passed up. I walked out to my car empty handed and was about to drive … Continue Reading →
Dated Side Table Makeover with Hairpin Legs Hi friends, welcome back. I think you’ll like this project because it’s fairly easy and it has a nice before and after photo. Let’s start out with the before shot. This is a … Continue Reading →